Benedict Cumberbatch reveals gruelling 4,000 calorie bulk diet

Benedict Cumberbatch has confessed that he consumed over 4,000 calories a day in order to bulk up for his role in Star Trek.

The Sherlock star was forced to change his body in order to play the muscular Starfleet agent John Harrison in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

Speaking to SFX magazine, he said: "It was the first time I'd really intensely shape-shifted.

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"To go up from a 38 chest to a 42, eating 4,000 calories a day and training two hours a day, as well as the stunt rehearsals and fight choreography, was the most physical demand that's ever been made of me for the screen."

However, the 36-year-old actor admitted that he wasn't a fan of the Sci-Fi series growing up, saying that he much preferred Baywatch.

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"I obviously have a latent fan fixation with Star Trek because of how thrilled I was when everyone got together in the first reboot," he said. "I never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe The A-Team and Airwolf… And I loved Knight Rider and then later Baywatch."